Myspace.com security

I forgot my password for "myspace" -- I have a lot of accounts everywhere. However, since every new password is just a variation of the old one (at least in my world), I tried to sign on anyway. After four failed attempts, the myspace sign-in page announced that it would be locked for fifteen minutes. After about a minute and a half, I tried again anyway. It worked. Why would myspace lie to me?